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      that he has himself officiated in several churches , both Lutheran and Reformed ; ' and at the same time he declares that the ministers of the Continent cannot celebrate divine service in English places of worship , and that English ministers cannot unite actively with us . What is this , we again ask , but to assign an inferior rank to our churches and our ministers ? " The Bishop of London was willing to provide school-rooms for the Protestants of France and Germany . The law , he said , Would not permit the granting the use of our churches for that purpose . But , as Pasteur Monod informs his brother clergymen , they are not left to the tender mercies of the law-fettered Church , of England : —" not only will

      there be opened to us in London a sufficient number of pulpits , where we shall be received upon a footing of perfect ecclesiastical equality , but there will be more pulpits placed at our service than we shall be able to occupy ; and the difficulty with the servants of God who may visit London with this view will be , not to know where to preach , but to preach all the sermons which they will be asked to deliver . " Such being the case , he , on behalf of his brethren and himself , respectfully declines the offer ; not blaming the Bishop for its being so deficient in Christian hospitality , but justly complaining of the law by which the Church of England is thus fettered . One interchange of fraternal sentiments .

      Kilkenn y has again been disturbed by disgraceful outrages of a sectarian character , arising out of the publication of the names attached to local petitions against Papal aggression . On Monday evening a disorderly mob , composed chiefly of young persons , proceeded through the town , carrying the effigies of some of the Protestant inhabitants who signed the petition . Tires were lighted in various directions for the purpose of burning the effigies , and the

      windows of Protestants were broken . Some houses were considerably injured , and it is stated that in one instance an attempt was made to set a house on fire . The ringleader of the mob has been arrested and committed to gaol , and a meeting of the respectable inhabitants , presided over by the Mayor , was held on Tuesday , for the purpose of protesting against the disgraceful proceedings , and taking some means to prevent their recurrence .

      Cardinal Wiseman laid the foundation stone of a new church in Gate-street , North-street , Poplar , on Monday . The building is to be erected in the decorated style , and of sufficient size to contain 1200 persons . The following is a translation of the Latin inscription engraved upon the foundation plate : — " The first stone of this church of Poplar , dedicated to the Almighty God , in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary and St . Joseph , was laid by the most Eminent and most Reverend Lord Nicholas Wiseman , Prince of the Holy Roman Catholic Church , Cardinal , Priest , and Archbishop of Westminster , on the 27 th day of Mav , 1851 , being the fifth year of the pontificate of our Holy Father the Pope Pius IX ., and the forurteenth of the reign of Victoria , Queen of Great Britain . "

      The Countess of Arundel and Surrey laid the first stone of some Roman Catholic almshouses , at Brookgreen , Hammersmith , on Wednesday , to be founded by the Aged Poor Society . Mr . Pagliano , treasurer of the society , presented an address to the countess , and Mr . Wardell , the architect , submitted to her inspection the plans and drawings . The Reverend Joseph Butt , the pastor of the congregation at Hammersmith , having pronounced the Benedictio Locis , the countess , with Lady Petre and several other Catholic ladies , adjourned to the house of the Catholic Poor School Committee , which is adjoining , and there partook of a collation .

      At the vestry meeting of the parishioners of St . James ' s , Westminster , on Monday , Mr . Miller stuted that the chaplain of the workhouso had practised u mode of worship which was repugnant to the feelings of the attendants at the chapel , the result of -which was that two out of three of the inmates refused to be present when he was the minister of the day . He was spoken to on the subject , when , as he declined to alter the practice , the vestry was compelled to order hia dismissal .

      The General Assemblies of the Established Church and the Free Church of Scotland commenced their sittings this week . The subject of Popery waa brought under the notice of the first body on Monday , in the shupe of a memorial from the Presbytery of Edinburgh , wishing the Assembly to lend the weight of their influence to Government and the Legislature for support and extension to the Proteutant institutions of the country . With u view to meet the aggro . iHioiiH of Popery , they suggest the fruinini' of anhort catechism " for instructing youth

      in the Protestant defence against the iiilse principles of the Romish aposUiCy , " and the founding of lectureship !* at the universities " for the more thoroughly training of HtudontH in the points chie / ly controverted with students . " Ou the evening of the name day , the Reverend Mr . M'Kweti , of Levern , near Pniwltiy , wan deposed from his churgo for poaching and Kuhlmth profanation . He bad set snares , it appeared , under the imprcHHion that he had a right to do ho on hin own ground , to kill oatH , rabbitn , and other vorinin , with which he wan much plagued . lie had boon

      seen examining these on a Sunday , and hence the charge which led to his dismissal . The only important subject discussed at the Free Church As * sembly on Monday was the question of Sabbath observance , but nothing notable was said regarding it . The Diocesan synod will be held in the Exeter Cathedral , on Wednesday , June 25 , and the two following days . On the first day will be proposed : — I . A declaration of adherence to the article of the Nicene Creed , " I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins ; " and especially to the doctrine of the Catholic Church , and the articles and formularies of our own church , on the spiritual grace given to infants in the Holy Sacrament of Baptism .

      II . A declaration of adherence generally to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England , as now set forth in the Articles of Religion , and in the Book of Common Prayer ; and of our firm belief that secession from our church , being a sound branch of the Catholic Church , to any other religious community , is an act of schism ; and , in particular , that secession to the Church of Rome involves the abandonment of truth for error , and is perilous to salvation . III . A declaration against the recent schismatical assignment of a Bishopric of Plymouth by the Pope .

      The rumour we gave last week , that the Pope had formally condemned the Queen ' s Colleges , seems now placed beyond all ¦ doubt . Several Roman Catholic ecclesiastics connected with the colleges have already been apprised of the adverse decision of the Court of Rome . The Cork Reporter , a Roman Catholic journal , which has steadily sustained the colleges , says : —" Letters are in Cork , intimating the final ratification , at Rome , of the Thuries synodical decrees . It appears , therefore , that , as far as the Roman Catholic clergy are concerned , the ' securities for faith and morals' are to be formally withdrawn henceforward . " This points to the disruption of all

      connection between the clergy and the colleges , and the retirement of the Roman Catholic deans of residences , and also of the Reverend Dr . O'Toole , vicepresident of the Gal way Colleges , the only other Roman Catholic clergyman holding office in those institutions . But the decrees of the Thuries synod proceeded much further than this , inasmuch as the colleges were declared " dangerous to faith and morals , " and the laity were called upon to prevent their children from resorting to them for education . It will become an important point , as regards the social condition of Ireland , whether the hostile decision of the Pope shall extend thus far , and whether the influence of the Roman Catholic Church is to be

      exercised in an attempt to prevent the youth of that communion from availing themselves of the course of education offered in those establishments , after the deans of residence shall have been withdrawn . It may , perhaps , be doubted whether matters will proceed to such an extreme , although the opponents of the colleges appear quite confident that the laity will be prohibited . The Galway Vindicator , another Roman Catholic journal , friendly to the colleges , explicitly declares that the final ratification , by the Pope , of all the canons and decrees of the Synod of Thuries , took place at Rome on the 5 th instant , and that the pontifical briefs may be expected very shortly . That journal adds : —

      " It is premature at present to speculate upon the probable effect , until we ascertain precisely what those enactments actually are . We are confident , however , that the enemies of education will be grievously baffled in their mischievous speculations . The intellect of Ireland will not be kept in bondage . So far as we can learn , neither the nature of the embryo enactments , nor their probable effect upon the public mind , will be calculated to retard the progress of enlightenment . No painful conflict between conscience and the natural aspirations of the human mind after knowledge shall result from the Irish synod . " The Roman Catholics of Clonmel having adopted a vote of thanks to the Lady Arundell , of Wardour , lor "her noble defence of Catholicity and its institutions , " her ladyship has forwarded the following reply to the

      secretary : — " May 20 . "Dear Sir , —May I request you to convey to the mayor and other members of the highly influential meeting held at Clonmel my warm appreciation of their very flattering resolution , sent to me through your hands ? I must feel grateful at any time for the approbation of my fellow Catholics ; and I may add with nincerity the feeling is greatly enhanced when coming from a country which has so nobly clung to her religious creed under every circumstance of trial , pernecution , and indignity . " That the hour of Ireland's proBperity may be near at hand , and that aho bo blessed in time and in eternity , shall be ever my earnest prayer . " With grateful thanks for your kind and complimentary letter , I huv « the honour to be , your « very nincerely and o bilged , " Wardour Castle . "Tkuksjv Ahunhhi . t .. "

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      CONT 1 JNUNTAL JSOTKS . In Franco the revinion crisis is ripening . A groat meeting w ; ih held on Friday week by the JionupartiHt Club of the Rue des Pyramided , over which M . do llrogliu prcuidcH . Thoy decided upon presenting a petition ( simply for revision , and orused the word

      " total , " which is held to be of bo much importance . The other two Cluba , that of the Rue de Kivoli and that of tjia ftue de l' 1 Jmver # ite » haye pronounced for total revision . It i » said that M . de Mpntalerabert is at the soul of the move in the Rue dea Pyroniides ; that that Club has made a bargain with the Blyafe ; and that M . de Montalombert has cut all correction with the Fusion and Legitimist party tfDon the revision question , declaring that " the possible alone is the legitimate / ' and simple revision alone possible . The Fusionist and Legitimist party go for monarchy more openly than ever . M . de Montalembert evidently thinks that bad policy , #

      boldly flings forward their rallying cry—maintenance of the electoral law of the 31 » t of May . It would seem that the policy of the Rue des Pyramides must , if successful , result in confiding a temporary dictatorship to Louis Napoleon j conditionally upon his agreeing to make the law of the 3 lBt of May the basis for the election of the Constituent * The committee on the propositions of M . Moulin and M . Morin , relative to the revision of the Constitution , adopted on Wednesday the proposition of M . Moulin . As regards that of M . Morin , it decided that there is no motive for departing from the existing regulations , and that the delay of three months should be observed for discussions relative to the revision of the Constitution , as for all those which proceed from the Parliamentary initiative . M . Moulin Was appointed reporter .

      The Minister of the Interior has sent a special Commissary of Police to the Department of the Cher , to spy into the doings of the Socialists in that quarter . As the Times talks about Socialist * ' outrages , " we conclude that the Socialists have been opposing the party of order . The Portuguese revolution has advanced as far towards legality as the formation of a Saldanha Ministry on the 22 nd of May . Saldanha failed in his attempt to organize a Ministry with MM . Lavradio and Fonseca Magalhaens , and yesterday the Cabinet was formed as follows : —

      Duke of Saldanha , President of the Council and Minister , ad interim , of war . Jose Ferreira Pestana , Minister of the Interior . Joaquim Felipe de Sotire , of Justice . Marquis de Louie , of Marine . Marino Miguel Frangini , of Finance . Jervis de Attoguia , of Foreign Affairs . It will soon be seen Whether this Administration is equal to the great difficulties inherent in the present state of affairs ; opinions are very much divided upon this point . They are generally Progresiatas . Louie was Civil Governor of Coimbra under the Oporto Junta ; Jervis is also a Septembrista . Soure formed part of Palmella ' s Administration in 1846 , Frangini came in with Mello E . Carvalho after the protocol of 1847 , Pestana had been for a short time Minister of Marine in the Cabral Cabinet of

      1842 , and waa appointed Governor-General of Portuguese India , whence lie returned with a good reputation , but he is naturally deficient in knowledge of the internal affairs of a country he has been absent from for the last nine years . A decree has abolished the repressive laws against the press passed last year by Thomar . Don Miguel Ximenes has taken upon himself to write the following reply to the long letter of the Count de Thomar to Duke Saldanha : — "D . Miguel Ximenes , armed by his conscience , and shielded by the opinion of the Portuguese people , repels with the highest disdain the calumnies and injuries which were published in Spanish , copied into the Lei of to-day , and written by that accomplished defaulter , infamous embezzler , and proved thief , the Count de Tffomar . Lisbon , May 19 , 1851 . D . Miguel Ximenes . "

      The Lei was the organ of the fallen Minister , and supported by the Treasury . The Spanish elections are understood to have resulted in the return of about 47 Progresistas , 49 of the Moderate Opposition , 19 of the Conservative Opposition , 8 Legitimists , 60 Independent Moderates , and 151 decided Ministerialists , of whom twothirds are public functionaries . Espartero has again offended the ultra-Liberals , by a letter of condolence with the Queen-Mother on her accident . The students and populace of Madrid have been much exoited by a sanguinary attack of the police on tho medical students , who were engaged in altercation with their professors . As great distress prevails among the poor of the capital , apprehensions of outbreak were rife , and corresponding military precautions were taken .

      German news is confined , to noting the locomotion of tho kings and mightr men . The Emperor of Austria is on hi » way to Warsaw , the King of Prussia is already there ; Itadetzky ift summoned , and Metternich expected ; and Dr . Heym has been acquitted for a libel on Munteuffel by a Prussian jury . The dead Diet , which persists in thinking itBelf alive , will commence demonstrating the fact on a grand scale when Dc ltoehow returns fromWartmw with the ordera of tho C ^ ar . Ilcrr von Bruck , the Auatrlun Minister of Commerce , whoso retirement ftro « n office has been so long announced , haa tendered his resignation , whioh haw

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 31, 1851, page 504, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1885/page/4/